Object photograph·Csn3742·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II, sculpture

Head from a terracotta sculpture from Mersinaki, with rows of curls, a ridged cap and painted eyes and cheeks — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3742. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close photograph of the head of a sculpture, shown against a plain grey background. The face has dark painted eyebrows and eyes, rose-coloured cheeks and a thin mouth. Rows of rounded curls frame the forehead and sides, a beard of stacked curls runs along the jaw, and a ridged cap rises above; the surface is pale and worn.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracota Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

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